In a major suspected Naxal attack, four persons including a woman and her daughter were injured as guerrillas of proscribed as Naxal outfit Peoples liberation Front of India (PlFI), a splinter group of CPI-Maoist, opened fire at the traditional tribal fair in Katua villager under Bandgaon police station of West Singhbhum district on Wednesday evening.
Confirming the incident Superintendent of Police Pankaj Kamboj said that around six ultras, who came on two motorcycles, opened fire with pistols in the Manda mela with an intention to kill their ex-cadre, Ranjeet Bodra.
A female shopkeeper Chamani Bodra and her daughter Rani, another person Tuksingh Kande along with Ranjeet, who had left PlFI some time ago, sustained bullet injuries. They were rushed to capital Ranchi and were admitted to RIMS hospital there, Kamboj said.
Kamboj said he cannot reveal on the status of the operation due to security reasons but the forces are targeting the different areas under the Posaita forest.
The forces have started frisking commuters in the bordering areas. At some places common people are also being interrogated by police and paramilitary force on suspicion. Forces have been deployed in strategic locations.